Is ASUG Lying About the Frequency of SAP Indirect Access?

Executive Summary ASUG has been providing false information around the frequency of indirect access claims. We describe why ASUG is doing this and the accuracy of information provided by ASUG on IA. Introduction I have critiqued ASUG in several previous articles, such as ASUG’s Biased and Inaccurate Coverage of SAP Indirect Access. My observation of…

Are SAP Customers Actually Under Licensed After Indirect Access?

Executive Summary SAP has introduced the term “under licensed” to try to describe situations where companies have not paid indirect access fees. We evaluate how accurate this term is. Video Introduction: Are SAP Customers Actually Under Licensed After Indirect Access? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has written a great deal about…

Using Outsourced Support to Gain Privacy from SAP

Executive Summary The Issue with Indirect Access and What Triggers Indirect Access Sharing Information with SAP SAP Knowing What You Are Doing with their Software Introduction Brightwork Research & Analysis has covered indirect access extensively. It is one of our primary research areas. One of the things we have been researching lately is what tends…

Should You Listen to Gartner on Indirect Access?

Executive Summary Gartner writes on SAP indirect access. However, SAP also has enormous conflicts of interest in analyzing indirect access as it receives so much money from SAP. The question is, how is Gartner on the topic of SAP indirect access. Introduction In a previous article titled Taking A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Indirect Access, I explained…

The Time Crunch When Faced with SAP’s Indirect Access

Executive Summary SAP uses time constraints in a highly underhanded and effective way against their customers. Learn how SAP does this and what SAP customers can expect. Introduction One is the interesting features of indirect access that SAP does not want its customers to know about. And, of course, all of the consulting companies help…

How Indirect Access Drove S/4HANA Purchases

Executive Summary SAP has been using indirect access to push customers into purchasing S/4HANA as a way of satisfying the IA claim. This is, in part, what explains why S/4HANA has so many customers versus implementations. Introduction One is the interesting features of indirect access that SAP does not want its customers to know about….

Analysis of ASUG’s Misleading Article on SAP’s Indirect Access Announcement

Executive Summary ASUG frequently has false information to provide to SAP customers to mislead them maximally. The reason for this is that ASUG is nothing more than SAP’s puppet. Introduction As a puppet of SAP, ASUG is perpetually putting out false information on SAP’s indirect access. Our References for This Article If you want to…

Misleading Next Steps from ASUG on Indirect Access

Executive Summary An Analysis of ASUG’s Article on Next Steps for ASUG Members Questions ASUG Does not Want to be Asked Introduction In a previous article, I analyzed false information provided by ASUG on indirect access. In this article, ASUG is so discredited that it is interesting to see what else ASUG publishes on the…

An Analysis of UpperEdge’s Article on Indirect Access Announcement

Executive Summary UpperEdge wrote an article about SAP’s indirect access announcement. We evaluate the accuracy of this UpperEdge article. Introduction This is an analysis of UpperEdge’s article on the announcement on the part of SAP on indirect access titled Bill McDermott is the Best Salesperson in the world. Our References for This Article If you want…

How to Best Understand SAP Faux Change on Indirect Access

Executive Summary SAP announced a new policy on indirect access, which was announced at SAPPHIRE 2017. We analyze this new policy and how different it is from how IT media covered this policy. Introduction There has been a lot of Twitter activity, and people emailing each other on the SAPPHIRE announced a change of policy…